Walter Bodmer on animal testing charter

Title

Walter Bodmer on animal testing charter

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:49

Description

Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, speaks about a newly-published charter on the importance of animal testing and refutes allegations that animals are effectively tortured, citing the Animal Scientific Procedure Act. He also discusses animal rights activists and some of the moral issues surrounding animal testing. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Walter Bodmer

Keywords

Animal rights; Animal welfare; Science; Animal experimentation; Animal rights activists

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